Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-19

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aDo / rsmsmber Andres J. RossEtsT"
auosh al cd stAts polisieian. Yes. He
had Q eheuknred career, poor man. b11
hrfqAf, indeed, Q brilliant @an. he waa q
arsak politician years ago, and not ouly
took extraordinary iafeEest IN TIE great
qusations Of TIE day. but knew inii-
mately al the public men. He was
wegl-read, Intelligent and good talksf,
bat be had Q fAiiiag. He osuld net Be
dspsnded UPON, and e. times Wa hslp-
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sHs usea 10 hang around The STATE
RHUabIiean headquarters from morn
ina until night thFoaRho1t the cam
paiGu, and campaigns lasted IN those
DAYS nearly i've months. Is wss durine
ths antl-slavery days. when everybody
wAs at the highest pitch Of excitement
remember one day IN particular. wheD
number Of prominent politicians we're
assembled af head quarters, amenE
shen Charles Sumner and Henry VIII
son. Sumner vas ia the rear room
Wilson In the front. In walked Rob
erks. he talked in 9 lood voics and dis
turbsd the whole assembly. Stsppir &
/ into the rear room be spied Sumner IN
earnest conversation With friend. Civ
| ing him q tremendous slap on the
shoulder. be shouted: DIN ycu, Sum-
nez; how are your Why don't You be
a. hearty and genial % your friend
sTha anaak NJ thia ranOh handItno of
Sumner can be readily imagined By
those Who remember or who have read
Of the diguitisd and scholarly msn. II
was not only q shock, bat an ineult. sam
ner turned as white as q sheet, but said
nothing. He realized Roberto condition
and Wisely kept his peace. Roberts was
severely rspEimanded and turned Gus Of
/ the room.
ia vas not long after this THAI Rob
| erts came 20 want and grief. He was
actually destitute. He looked hnnREy
and was poorly clad. In despair be
o4ms to nae enc day for wsRk or advice
| 'fhe big tears rolled down his cheeks q
he told me how destitute and degraded
he aas, and beg he loneed 70 reform.
told him / had no work, and advised
him 10 20 TO SamneH.
Il I
tnsnlted Sumner a short tine ago.
can't 90.
s'Yes. you can,' said. Go TO bio
jest as you have osme TO me. Tell him
frankly the whole story, and be vii
help you
"Roberts did rs I advised. About Ten
o clock the next morning he buttenei
bis shabby coat around his neck. 30 hid
his flannel shirt, and made bis way Il
the man whom be had grossly insulteC
but ehort time before. SumneF, Il Il
we'll known, was always late riser, RnC
seldom breakfasted before II o'clock
He received the unfortunate man kind
~, and, inviting him to breakfast, list
ened patiently to his story. Robefti
told M After gatds thai thai was thu
first square meal he had eaten fer
long time. In less than two days Rob
erts vas given position In the navy
yard, and heneefoEth was q differen
man. When he told nae later hia exper
ience with Sumner that morning hi
eyes filled with tears and his voic
J tfembled with emotion. II was q mag
unanimous aot on the part OF SumReE
and an outward expression Of his tru
character.
ut was the turning pGiat in Roberts
career. Only few months ago be de
livered one of the best temperate
speeches ever heard in my life. Upt
the day of his death, which occnrre,
quite recently, he had q great veneFa
ton for the memory of Sumner, Oh
man who was 80 kind and generous
him In trouble